[pronut-hiv] Collecting promising practices in food security & nutrition programming for OVC

[kategreenaway@shaw.ca]

USAID-AIDSTAR One is collecting promising practices in food security    and nutrition programming for OVC. 


Share your ideas for promising practices!


Dear colleagues,

Since the inception of PEPFAR, the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children — food and nutritional support, shelter and care, protection, health care, psychosocial support, education and vocational training and economic opportunity/strengthening — have been a priority for USG efforts in focus and non-focus countries.

 Under USAID-AIDSTAR One, John Snow International and Nzinga International are now collecting ideas for promising practices in food security and nutrition (FSN) programming for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). This might include a FSN intervention that is specifically designed for OVC (e.g. an infant and young child feeding (IYCF) project), or it might be a FSN component of a larger OVC program (e.g. school garden component within a larger school-based OVC program).

Ultimately, the finalists (i.e. the selected promising practices) will be developed into case studies and circulated widely as a way to share learning in OVC programming across implementing agencies, donors, host-governments and other stakeholders. The focus is on identifying FSN projects/practices for OVC that meet some or all of the criteria listed below:

EFFECTIVE Project/practice has demonstrated measurable success towards addressing the particular problem that it set out to address, i.e. progress against established objectives.

EFFICIENT Project/practice is efficient; a good steward of resources; and has a reasonable cost per beneficiary (where this is known). 

TECHNICALLY AND ETHICALLY SOUND Project/practice is technically sound, i.e. meets current guidelines of relevant gate-keeping agencies (e.g. WHO infant feeding guidelines), and is ethically sound, i.e. does not violate any social, cultural or scientific norms.

INNOVATIVE Project/practice innovatively addresses critical challenges faced by OVC/FNS programmers across different contexts.

SUSTAINABLE Project/practice has sustainable benefits, i.e. there is a plan for ensuring that benefits are sustained beyond the life of the project, either via other sources of support, local capacity building, or both.

REPLICABLE Project/practice can be replicated and/or scaled-up in other contexts, i.e. does not depend entirely on context-specific factors. It is easy to identify key steps that led to success and can be adapted to various situations.

In addition to the above criteria, the selection process will prioritize projects/practices that are:

NOT ALREADY DOCUMENTED Project/practice has not already been thoroughly documented. It has not been written up as a ‘promising/best practice’ or case study to date; however it may have been written up informally and disseminated internally within the implementing agency.

HAVE A TRACK RECORD Project/practice has been implemented for at least one year and it has either been monitored internally and/or has undergone an evaluation or comprehensive review.

Please write to ideas@nzingainternational.com with your ideas for promising practices. Thank you in advance for sharing your time to help us identify and select promising practices in FSN/OVC programming!
 

Kate Greenaway

HIV Consultant

Nzinga International 

www.nzingainternational.com 

ph 1-250-372-2650

Skype: kategreenaway9703